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To: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <[email protected]>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Direct SSL connection with ALPN and HBA rules
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 09:45:27 -0700
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(There's, uh, a lot to respond to above and I'm trying to figure out
how best to type up all of it.)
On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 9:13 AM Robert Haas <[email protected]> wrote:
> However,
> I disagree with Jacob's assertion that sslmode=require has no security
> benefits over sslmode=prefer.
For the record, I didn't say that... You mean Jelte's quote up above?:
> sslmode=prefer and sslmode=require
> are the same amount of insecure imho (i.e. extremely insecure).
I agree that requiring passive security is tangibly better than
allowing fallback to plaintext. I think Jelte's point might be better
stated as, =prefer and =require give the same amount of protection
against active attack (none).
--Jacob
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